United States: Two new Chinese companies facing an import ban from the US
United States: US departments issue Guidance to industry on Iran’s UAV-related activities
United States: The BIS issues temporary denial order against Greek-Dutch defence group supporting Russian intelligence
European Union: EU approves 11th sanctions package against Russia over Ukraine
European Union: Member states have agreed on a draft directive on asset recovery and confiscation to be proposed by the Council of the European Union

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France: Searches of several structures in connection with the organization of the 2024 Olympic Games for suspicions of irregularity in public contracts
France: Withdrawal of Anticor’s accreditation to take legal action
World: World Bank calls for collective action against corruption in Africa at the ICHA 2023 Forum
Papua New Guinea: Investigation launched into allegations of corruption within state-owned port company
United Kingdom: Former executives of London Mining Plc charged with corruption in Sierra Leone
United Kingdom: Proposal to hold organizations liable for economic crimes committed by senior managers
Ukraine: an ex judge convicted to a 10-year prison sentence for corruption
European Union: GRECO publishes two new evaluation reports on Hungary and Czech Republic

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Canada: Canada released its annual report on exports of military goods

United States: BIS adds 31 Chinese entities to Entity List to prevent China’s military modernization and the commission of human rights violations in China
United States: OFAC sanctions agents linked to Russian intelligence services responsible for actions designed to destabilize Moldova
United Kingdom: Amendment to the sanctions regime against Belarus
European Union: The EU extends the scope of Russia sanctions designated person categories
European Union: The Council of the EU finalizes position for an EU law defining criminal offences and penalties for the violations of EU sanctions

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China: Ex-Chinese central-bank deputy governor expelled from Communist Party
United States: Joe Biden targeted by bribery allegations from a member of the Republican party
France: Publication of the “Climate Vigilance Benchmark” 2023 by the NGO Notre Affaire À Tous (NAAT)
Japan: Tokyo court sentences two new company executives in the 2020 Olympics bribery case
OECD: OECD updates corporate due diligence guidelines
European Union: The European Commission publishes a first draft of the implementation standards of the CRSD
European Union: ESG rating agencies targeted by a new European regulation aiming to limit the risk of conflicts of interest
European Union: Proposal to set up an institutional body to deal with ethical issues

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Canada: The country announces sanctions against Russian collaborators in Moldova
United States: VTA Telecom Corporation banned from participating in any activity subject to ITAR for three years
Ireland: The Irish High Court orders winding up two Russian stated-owned aircraft and shipping leasing firms
Lithuania: Bank of Lithuania fines Transactive Systems UAB for breach of its AML-CFT obligations
Lithuania: Authorities bring charges against nine companies suspected of circumventing sanctions on Russian timber
Ukraine: Ukrainian Parliament passes bill to impose sanctions on Iran for 50 years

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France: First trial based on a violation of the European Timber Regulation
France: Minister of Labor to stand trial for “favoritism”
France: The President of the Pyrénées-Orientales department is under investigation for corruption and favoritism in connection with suspicious awarding of public contracts
Italy: Former Prime Minister Massimo D’Alema under investigation for corruption
Ukraine: According to Ukrainian civil society, the Ukrainian judicial system remains corrupt

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Brazil: Former President Collor de Mello sentenced to eight years in prison for corruption in Lava Jato investigation
Colombia / France: NGO issues a formal notice to three French banks for failing to comply with their duty of care
United States: Ruling in favor of Ericsson in a dispute with a group of investors
United States: Gartner accepts to pay USD 2.45 million to settle corruption charges in South Africa
France: Former FIFA vice-president under investigation in the “Qatarargate” case
France: First hearing in the case opposing a coalition of NGOs and local authorities to TotalEnergies regarding the respect of the Paris Agreement
Guatemala: Former Chief Prosecutor of the Anti-Corruption Unit arrested
India / United Kingdom: BAE Systems and Rolls Royce targeted by a corruption complaint from India’s investigative agency
European Union: The European Parliament adopts the European Directive on Corporate Social Responsibility Due diligence

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Germany: Four ex-managers of spyware firm FinFisher charged with violating dual-use export controls

United States: FinCEN and the Department of Commerce’s BIS issues supplemental alert urging continued vigilance for potential Russian export control evasion
United States: US Commerce Department official discusses trends in export control
World/Myanmar: International coordination meeting to align sanctions against Burma
United Kingdom: Department for Business and Trade’s Export Control Joint Unit published new guidance on trade sanctions circumvention
European Union: Discussions underway on the use of financial benefits from billions of euros of frozen Russian assets

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